6.2 adverbial groups

The two main types of adjuncts are adverbial groups and prepositional phrases. Adverbial groups usually consist of adverbs.

• He acted very clumsily.
• I cannot speak too highly of their courage and skill.
• He takes his job very seriously indeed.
• He did not play well enough throughout the week to deserve to win.

However, adverbs very often occur on their own.

• I shook her gently.
• He greatly admired Cezanne.
• The production was scarcely noticed by the press.
• The number will probably be higher than we expected.

For more information about adverbs, see the section beginning at paragraph 6.16.